Daisuke Aramaki

Daisuke Aramaki
Name
English	Daisuke Aramaki
Kanji	荒巻大輔
Romaji	Aramaki Daisuke
Bio
Species	Cyborg (partial)
Gender	Male
Hair Color	White
Eye Color	Brown
Height	5'0.25" (153 cm)
Current Affiliations
Nationality	Japan
Team	Public Security Section 9
Occupation	Section Chief (Lieutenant Colonel)
Previous Affiliations
Team	Ministry of Home Affairs, JGSDF
Occupation	Advisor, Soldier
Appearances
Manga	Ghost in the Shell
Anime	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG, S.A.C. Solid State Society, Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045
Films	Ghost in the Shell
Video Games	Ghost in the Shell
Actors
Japanese VA	Osamu Saka
English VA	William Frederick Knight
Live Action	Takeshi Kitano

Daisuke Aramaki (荒巻大輔 Aramaki Daisuke) is the Section Chief of Public Security Section 9. He also holds a rank of lieutenant colonel in the Japan Ground Self Defense Force.

In Stand Alone Complex, Lieutenant Colonel Aramaki is a strict chief, who is referred to by others in Section 9 as the "old ape" (likely due to being drawn in the original manga with a face that appeared to be half monkey, half man). He is fiercely loyal to the members of Section 9, and would often puts his own career on the line to ensure the survival of the rest of his team.

In 2nd GIG, Aramaki uses his political connections and no small amount of bargaining with the new prime minister to get Section 9 reinstated.

It is revealed in Mamoru Oshii's Ghost In The Shell that Aramaki, together with Togusa, are the only fully human members of Section 9 (aside from a cyberbrain).

• In the Stand Alone Complex Visual Book released by Hobby Japan, Aramaki's hair was poked at for fun in one comic strip when Batou makes some comments about it. Aramaki lifts his hair to reveal metallic parts, possibly for his cyberbrain. This incident unsettled Batou significantly.

• Near the end of Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG, Aramaki's missing brother, Yousuke Aramaki, appears to Kuze and asks him what he intends to do with the refugees. In the last episode, he was seen helping the refugees evacuate to the Dejima bridge via small boats.

• The Solid State Society movie reveals that he was estranged from his mentor Colonel Tonoda whom he helped to put in prison (like his character does in the course of the original GITS manga) sometime before the SAC series began, and that he was actually married at one point.

• Aramaki's physical appearance looks almost exactly like that of the character "Dusty the coffin maker" in the 1968 Spaghetti Western: If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death.

Gallery

Aramaki and Togusa design sheet for Ghost in the Shell (video game)